A phishing warning: David Irving warns all his friends
that Nigerian-type scamsters are using stolen email
addresses to ask for urgent financial aid as they have been
"robbed at gunpoint in London." The full text is below. Do
NOT send money. String the crooks along, ask who they are,
ask for a street address, ask for a phone number, but do not
"wire money" as they ask (around £400 is their starting
request). You may wish to contact the real person apparently
signing the appeal by other means to warn him too.
Suggestion: Keep the email appeal you receive, as it
contains valuable trace information, and contact your local
police or FBI office.

TEXT OF SAMPLE FAKE MESSAGE (uncorrected):

Hello,

I'm sorry for this odd request because it might get
to you too urgent but it's because of the situation of
things right now,i'm stuck in London with family right
now,we came down here on vacation ,we were robbed, worse of
it was that our bags, cash , credit cards and cell phone
were stolen of us at GUN POINT, it's such a crazy experience
for us, we need help flying back home, the authorities are
not being 100% supportive but the good thing is that we
still have our passport but dont have enough money to get
our flight ticket back home, please i need you to loan me
some money, i will refund you as soon as i'm back home, i
promise.